THE EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION AMONG RURAL FARM HOUSEHOLDS         Nigeria as a land filled with milk and honey suffers from the menace of poverty. Different questions have been asked to how poverty which is affecting the economy can be reduced to minimum. Several Government bodies have been setup to find a lasting solution to the problem striking the masses. However, it will be expedient to know what poverty is all about and to know the meaning of cooperative according to different scholars and join the two together to have a clearer understanding of the purpose of the study. According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, Poverty is a state of being poor. It is the inability of a household to generate adequate income for the maintenance of the household. Poverty has become a pervasive National and Global issue resulting from a state of short or long term deprivation and insecurity in basic human needs (Chambers, 19...

  THE EFFECT OF M OTIVATION OF LABOUR, COST AND PRODUCTIVITY ON NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF MARLUM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BENIN)           ABSTRACT This study was intended to evaluate the effect of motivation of labour, cost and productivity on Nigerian construction industry . This study was guided by the following objectives; To examine the factors which motivate employees to perform in the organization, To look at various techniques of motivating people to performance in the construction industry, To ascertain the effect of motivation of labour, cost and productivity on workers in the construction industry of Nigeria, To identify the problems associated with the motivation of workers in the construction industry of Nigeria, To suggest the solutions to such problems, if any, Finally, to improve people’s knowledge in this area of organizational behaviour . The study employed the case study design ; questionnaires in addition to library re...

  ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH VEGETABLE SALAD                     ABSTRACT Fresh samples of vegetable salad collected from different food outlet in Ilorin metropolis were evaluated for bacteria loads, at a temperature of 25 0 c and the PH of the samples which is 3.7 using spread plate agar dilution method, the bacteria load ranges from 1.6x10 4 cfu/g to 11.5x10 4 cfu/g and faecal coliform ranges from 1.6x10 4 cfu/g to 4.6x10 4 cfu/g associated with the salad from majority of the samples. Microorganism associated with vegetable salad include ,Bacillus anthracis mycobacterium spp , Brucella spp , Listeria monocytogenis, Yersima enterolytia , clostridium perfringens , Klebsiella spp and M. Paratuberculosis CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION         Vegetables are most consumed as salads or cooked in savory or salty dishes. While culinary...

  ASSESSMENT OF RISK ON ROAD PROJECTS IN NIGERIA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF LAGOS METROPOLIS)       Consequences of uncertainty and its exposure in a project, is risk. In a project context, risk is the chance of something happening that will have an impact upon objectives. It includes the possibility of loss or gain, or variation from a desired or planned outcome, as a consequence of the uncertainty associated with following a particular course of action. (Deviprasadh, 2007). Risk thus has two elements: the likelihood or probability of something happening, and the consequences or impacts if it does. Managing risk is an integral part of good management; it is fundamental to achieving good business and project outcomes and the effective procurement of goods and services Risk management provides a structured way of assessing and dealing with future uncertainly. Project risk management includes the processes concerned with identifying, analyzing, and respondi...

AN INSIGHT INTO THE DRUG RESISTANCE PROFILE AND MECHANISM OF DRUG RESISTANCE IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEA         ABSTRACT     Among the aetiological agents of treatable sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), Neisseria Gonorrhea is considered to be most important, because of emerging antibiotic resistance strains that compromise the effectiveness of treatment of the disease. Gonococci infections are usually treated with single – dose therapy with an agent found to cure above 95 percent of each case, but unfortunately Neisseria gonorrhea has developed resistance to most of the antibiotic used against it, which can be categorized into pre-quinolone, quinolone and post – quinolone era.         Among the anti-biotic available so far, the third generation “cephalosporin has also be safely recommended as first line therapy for gonorrhea globally; INTRODUCTION         Despite...

THE IMPACT OF BANKING REFORMS ON BANK PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA         Reforms are predicated upon the need for reorientation and repositioning of an existing status quo in order to attain an effective and efficient state. There could be fundamental bottle-neck that may inhibit the functioning of the institutions for growth and the achievement of core objectives in the drive towards enhancing and sustaining the economic and social imperatives of human endeavor. Carried out through either government institutions or private enterprises, reform becomes inevitable in the light of the global dynamic exigencies and emerging landscape (Somoye, 2006).   In terms of policy thrust therefore the banking sector reforms are expected to build and foster a competitive and healthy financial system to support development and avoid systemic distress (Soludo, 2007). Thus Balogun (2007) averred that banking sector reforms is interpreted to mean embarking on comprehensiv...